Chapter 247: You were also sent by the Queen Mother?

Qin Lei left Baoen Temple alone. Yun Shang also had to take care of Guiguzi's resources to help the victims, so he had to travel frequently between the north and the south. It was impossible to go back with Qin Lei, but she promised that after the snow fell in winter, she would go to the Hot Spring Villa to treat Princess Yongfu, and naturally she could stay with Qin Lei for a while. Therefore, he could not say much regret. He sent a small team of black-clothed guards and told Chen Qi, who was leading the team to protect Miss Qiao's safety.

Le Buyi seems to have some things to deal with. Maybe the meeting between the two today was accidental, so he did not follow Qin Lei.

"Buyi, Buyi..." Qin Lei repeatedly said the name on the carriage to the Hot Spring Villa. This made Xu Tian accompany him have some thoughts. He was just a guy who couldn't hide his words, so he asked in a muffled voice: "Your Majesty, even Mr. Guantao, I haven't seen you treat him like that."

Qin Lei leaned on the bench, but did not answer Xu Tian's question, but smiled and said, "Xiaotian, I have expectations for you, so you have to look at it more and think about it, so it will be of great use in the future..." The great use that has not been seen for a long time will always be like a heart-boosting needle for people who have never heard of it.

Xu Tian was promoted to the deputy commander of the Black Guard by Qin Lei and led by scout team to the core circle of the royal palace. Therefore, he had never heard of the "big use" used by Qin Lei before. He was really excited when he heard this and sat upright waiting for the prince's teachings.

Then Qin Lei smiled faintly and said, "You have a garden at home, so you should know that each type of melon and vegetable has its own habits. For example, cucumbers and loofahs like to climb to high places and only when they are mounted on the rack can grow happily; while taro and yams have to be drilled into the soil and buried tightly. As for radishes, leeks, cabbages, etc., the requirements for seasons, soil, and sunshine are also different. A small vegetable garden needs to be classified and treated differently, let alone more complicated people."

As he said that, he sat up and whispered: "Give you three examples. One is Tieying, Gu's first chief guard. He wasted five or six years of time with Gu Wang Ping in Shangjing because of a traitor. After returning to China, he naturally wanted to fall down, get up, and make up for all the lost. If Gu let him stay in the mansion and still be his chief guard, he would definitely not say anything, do his duty, and even be better than Shi Gan's doing. But in this way, he would definitely not be happy and would not be able to exert the maximum energy. In other words, this person wasted."

Xu Tian nodded vigorously and listened quietly to Qin Lei continued: "The Guantao you mentioned is also a very proud person. He wasted more than ten years in Qi State and spent all his best youth. Now he has a chance to come back, and he also cherishes the idea of ​​giving loud slaps to those adults in Qi State who do not like him. So he put away his pride, smoothed out the edges, and willingly served under Gu's command, never showing his own specialness."

Xu Tian agreed: "Mr. Guantao and when he first met in Qi, it was really a world of difference. I remember that at that time, he always looked at people, opened his mouth and laughed and scolded, but now it is much more peaceful." He said curiously, "Will this Mr. Le be like this?"

Qin Lei shook his head and smiled and said, "Le Xianggu is born with a proud man, and he has the style of Tao Qian, and will not bow his waist for five dou of rice." He said, "This person is a common man, which tells the Gu Wang that his ambition is not in the court, and it is just for help. Such a person is a virtue of shining among the bright moon and pine trees and flowing on the clear springs and stones. Therefore, Gu Wang cannot give him a high official and generous salary, and grant his wife and children. He can only respect him." He added a sentence in his heart, it is really worthless.

Xu Tian knew that the prince was teaching him how to control his subordinates, so he was solemnly taught: "I am stupid, thank you for your advice." Qin Lei nodded, and a few words of warm words, then curled up into the middle bench and stopped talking. Seeing that the prince was tired, Xu Tian breathed lightly and tried not to make any noise.

The carriage left Zhongdu City and walked southwest for another hour. The black-clothed guard outside knocked on the door and got into the car and reported: "Prince Jia is asking for a meeting on the road." Qin Lei moved his body and chuckled at Xu Tian, ​​"This old boy must have been driven by his father."

Sure enough, Qin Xuanyou, who was tired, screamed when he saw Qin Lei: "Your Highness, my old man knows you are going to pass by here. He has asked me to wait here since yesterday. He never thought that yesterday only had His Royal Highness's imperial carriage, but he had not waited for you until today."

Qin Lei laughed dryly and apologized: "The civil affairs in the capital are plagued by the people, so Yongfu and the others will take the lead and let the emperor wait for a long time. They have been guilty." Although Qin Xuanyou was full of resentment, he could not do anything about Qin Lei. He complained a few more times, and led Qin Lei down the official road and went to Prince Jia's health manor.

It was late autumn at this time, and the sky and the earth were desolate, the trees were bare, the autumn grains were harvested in the fields, and the winter wheat that had just been lit had not sprouted, and the yellow land was exposed without any beauty. The residence of the prince, the highest-ranking generation in the Qin Dynasty, was located in this desolate world.

Prince Jia had received a report and went to the door to greet Qin Lei. He hadn't seen him for nearly a year. The old prince was obviously much older, and his originally straight back also hunched over. Qin Lei quickly supported the old prince, and the two entered the manor with laughter.

It was noon, and the mansion had a banquet early in the morning. Prince Longwei was invited to have a meal, and Prince Jia's sons and nephews were with him. Everyone was close relatives who broke the bones and had a few glasses of wine. After a few glasses of wine, the uncle and uncle shouted, and they became even more warm and close, so naturally the guests and hosts were all happy.

After using the meal, Prince Jia invited Qin Lei to take a nap first. Qin Lei talked with Yun Shang last night, and although he had never been so enchanting, he had not slept all night. He was indeed a little unsatisfied, so he followed Qin Xuanyou to the room to rest with the old man's kindness.

He slept until the sun was westward before he woke up. He was in great spirits. He washed and changed his clothes under the service of the palace maids in the mansion. Then he followed Qin Xuanyou who had been waiting for a long time to go to the study.

The two saw Prince Jia splashing ink at the door, so they walked in and stood on the side with their breath and looked at it. The old prince painted a freehand painting, and painted a loofah on the rack: on the loofah rack supported by two or three thin bamboo poles, four or five fat loofahs were formed under the dark green leaves, and there were also small yellow flowers on the tails of the melon.

When the two of them came in, the loofah picture had basically taken shape. The old prince was holding a thin lake pen that seemed to be outlined on the paper casually. The lines drawn were dancing and looked at the messy. After a while, Prince Jia breathed a sigh of relief, put down the brush in his hand, and then looked at the lines. The slightly thicker ones became the stems of the loofah, while the thin ones became the tendrils of the loofah, which immediately made the originally monotonous picture vivid and plump.

Qin Lei exclaimed in time and smiled, "The emperor is so elegant and elegant, so beautiful, and even more beautiful."

Prince Jia looked up and greeted Qin Lei to sit down, and laughed and said, "Your Highness has praised you, just a graffiti work, so you should not be praised." He pointed to the blank space in the upper left corner of the painting and said, "What's the point here? How about you please give me the words?"

Qin Lei thought to himself, "Didn't you knock me down?" He hurriedly said, "Uncle is joking, but I'm crazy with my hands and chicken feet, I really can't take it."

Prince Jia said with a 'oh' and laughed jokingly: "Does the prince look down on me? Even Yan Xingxi, a man of Dongqi calligraphy, read your calligraphy, and said: 'Good handwriting, good poetry, and better people.'"

Qin Xuanyou also smiled and said, "Yes, Your Highness, who doesn't know that Yan is the most picky and doesn't praise others easily. If His Highness's Mo Bao can be praised by him, our entire Zhongdu City will be shining." Dong Qi is known as a country of etiquette, and his poetry and books are passed down from the country; Nan Chu has the beauty of glorious seals and unparalleled writings; in front of these two countries, Kong Wu's powerful Western Qin was a little inferior.

Seeing that Qin Lei was ruthless, he had to step forward and lift a pen with a pen, hanging in the air, but it was difficult. What should I write? He was not afraid of poor writing and showed his timidity. Since he became a teacher of Shiyun, he had to read the inscriptions of Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing according to her requirements every day. He never slacked off. In addition, he was smart and practiced diligently. He could handle a few words simply and not make a laugh.

But Qin Lei has been immersed in the temple for a while, so naturally he would not think that Prince Jia just asked himself to write a word, which was to start the next conversation and make a tune.

Therefore, this word cannot be too ostentatious or too vulgar. After pondering for a while, I had an idea, but when I saw him calm down, dip his ink lightly, hanging his pen on the white space, and his wrists were swaying, seven large characters with local flavors appeared on the paper.

"You must know that melons and vegetables are half a year's food!" The father and son recited at the same time with Qin Lei's pen. Looking at the picture of the loofah again, it was indeed very appropriate to the inscription and complemented each other.

But the key is what is contained in the calligraphy and painting. In theory, when painting at this time, you can never escape the ruts of flowers, birds, insects, fish, landscape ladies, etc. But Prince Jia wanted to paint a few big loofahs on dry bamboo in this bleak late autumn. It was not because the old man was greedy, but because he was testing what Qin Lei could see from it?

If he can be happy with the fruitful results and write some happy words, it means he is an optimistic and cheerful person.

If he could see the severe winter after the autumn fruit and write some sentimental words, he would be a person who was prepared for danger in times of peace.

If he could see the poetic and picturesque meaning, it would mean... the prince's head was broken and he was talking nonsense...

But Qin Lei's answer was, "You must know that melons and vegetables have half a year of food." Not only did he see the long winter and spring famine behind this autumn fruit, but he also further thought about how to deal with it. However, it is much better than simple compassion.

Prince Jia whispered a few times, and exclaimed: "This word makes people feel at ease, at ease, and at ease. Before the prince was young, he had already seen all the love of the world and had a thousand years of success. What's even more rare is that there is no exaggeration of young people, and it is rare to be real!" As he said, he twisted his beard and smiled with relief: "It turns out that good words are better for good people, it is really a blessing for my Qin Dynasty and a blessing for the royal family!" As he said, he ordered Qin Xuanyou to say: "Send your highness's calligraphy to paper, I will hang it in the study."

Qin Xuanyou responded with a smile, picked up the painting, put it in the painting box, then took the box and said goodbye out of the study room, leaving the ground for the two princes to speak.

Prince Jia took Qin Lei to the side hall to use tea. After sitting down, he looked at him carefully. The more he looked, the more he was happy, and the smile on his face became stronger. Because Qin Lei's skin was quite thick, he was not ashamed of him. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't see the flowers. The old man then withdrew his gaze and laughed: "The prince is much more out of the way than he had seen more than a year ago."

Qin Lei grinned and touched his chin and said, "No, look, his chin was like a skinned egg at that time, but now he has become a little furry chicken." The furry chin really looked like a newly hatched one.

Prince Jia was amused by him and laughed for a while before gasping for a while, saying, "Your Highness wants to make me laugh less, maybe I will be so angry." He was afraid that Qin Lei would misunderstand, and he added: "Just just smile..."

Qin Lei nodded with a smile, and then heard Prince Jia say a little indifferently: "Your Highness is mature, and our generation is about to be buried."

Qin Lei hurriedly comforted him with a gentle voice: "Uncle should be stronger, so naturally the pine and cranes will prolong their lives. Don't say anything unlucky."

Prince Jia shook his head and looked at Qin Lei and said softly: "Life is rare in seventy years. I am already nine out of seventy and I am already content. As for when to see the late emperor, I don't care." As he said, his voice gradually became low, but every word was clearly reached Qin Lei's ears: "I am a prince of Anle, it's not a big deal. But once a person is gone, the sky of our Qin family will collapse."

Qin Lei was silent for a moment and said softly: "Grandmother of the Emperor?"

Prince Jia nodded and said in a deep voice: "My old sister-in-law has been the Dinghai Needle of our Qin family since she turned the tide seventeen years ago. Although she is now spending her life in the deep palace, her influence has not diminished slightly."

Qin Lei's expression gradually became solemn. This was the third time he had heard someone mention Empress Dowager Wenzhuang in a few days. Once in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wen Yanbo said that he would not believe anyone except Empress Dowager Wenzhuang. The second time was in Bao'en Temple. Le Buyi said that he would not accept anyone except Empress Dowager Wenzhuang. This time, Prince Jia simply told Qin Lei that no one in the royal family could not be without that old lady.

The old prince changed his mind and sighed old: "But my old sister-in-law is about to celebrate her birthday before the New Year. Although she is in good health, when I come to the palace to pay my respects, I often tell me that it feels like the New Year is coming."

Qin Lei frowned and said, "The emperor's grandmother has a good health preservation, and she can be expected to live a hundred years old. My uncle is too worried." Even if he agrees with Prince Jia's words, he must refute it, otherwise he will be unfilial.

Prince Jia laughed and said, "Even if the old sister-in-law can live a hundred years old, your highness will really bear the responsibility of protecting the royal family when she looks at an old lady in her eighties and nineties?" He said, "Even if she really bears her, are you really relieved?"

Qin Lei knew what the old prince had invited him to do, so he nodded and said in a deep voice: "Uncle has anything to teach, even if it's okay to just say it, it's okay, it's just the child."

Prince Jia smiled and said, "Haha, the young man can't stand the old guy's long-windedness. OK, okay, let's just tell me a long story short. I ask you, do you have the courage to take over the burden of the old empress dowager? After her, we will support a world for the dragon sons and grandsons and the descendants of the emperor and the descendants of the emperor?"

Qin Lei's face changed for a while, and then he asked slowly, "Does Uncle think I am qualified? The child feels too young." Seeing that the old prince was still stroking his beard and smiling at him, Qin Lei had to wave his hand and admit defeat and said, "Okay, I admit that I am pretending to be young, but your boss wants to explain what resources can be given to me and let me see if there is any possibility. I can't give you nothing, just let the child carry this burden, right?"

After saying that, he felt that his tone was a little disrespectful, and added another sentence: "I always feel that I am tired when I carry my head on both shoulders, but I don't feel like I'm going to be burdened..." Another serious sentence: "I'm going to grow up."

The old man couldn't help but smile and said with a smile: "What Your Highness said makes sense. If you want to take good care of yourself, you will be very tired." His face gradually said solemnly: "But you are born as a prince and enjoying wealth and glory, you cannot shirk your burden." Instead, he said softly: "Don't worry that you can't do it yourself. We old guys will do our best to help you. Although we old princes are useless, few people listen to our words. But the children at home still dare not disobey."

Qin Lei looked up at Prince Jia and asked Youyou: "Is it the Empress Dowager who sent you here again?"
Chapter completed!